Akron Register-Tribune Subscription Rates
Subscription rates listed for Akron Register-Tribune dated 1901 describe $2.50 per year or $1.25 for six months in various towns including Plymout Sioux Wood bury Gotten Towa and Union County Iowa. Published weekly on Thursdays and entered at the Plymouth County post office as second class mail matter on December 26, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymout Sioux
Woodbury
Gotten
Towa
Union County
Akron
Plymouth County
Iowa
Westfield Editorial Notes and Local Guests
Westfield writers note social visits across Atlantic Sioux City and Ames. Mr and Mrs Ronnie Carlson visited at Wilbur Harrington home in Atlantic while Mr and Mrs Philip Beaubien were guests in Armand Beaubien home in Sioux City. The Behrens celebrate their 50th anniversary with open house drawing Westfield attendees. 39 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren listed. Amateur Show at Westfield school set for February 23 with invitation to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
Ronnie Carlson
Wilbur Harrington
Atlantic
Philip Beaubien
Armand Beaubien
Sioux City
Stanley Lilly
Congregational Ladies Aid
Stanley
Gail
Mth
John Behrens
Rebecca Street
Lenore
Annabelle Banks
Ruth Nason
Gordon
Burl
Loren and
Malcom
Coral Shaw
Janice Nason
Colorado
Vesta
California
Norwin
Washington State
Westfield School
Mra
Casey
Martinsburg
Nebr
Leonard Buryanek
Robert Bliss
Erie
Roy Bliss
John Hamilton
Merrill
Don Diediker
Pores
Neb
Jack” Conway
Killeen
Texas
Camilla Conway
John Skogsberg
John
Perry
D. Taylor
Jack
Louis Conway
Yankton
Vermillion
Shirley Banks
Betty Brown
Elaine Michael
Akron
Ted Willrich
Ames
Naomi Shank
Allie Banks
Peters
Florence Banks
Westfield Congregational Church Service Schedule
Chester L Guinn minister leads Sunday 9:00 a.m. Loyalty Sunday Worship. Commissioning of visitors at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. Worship at Akron. Sunday afternoon member home visitation. Thursday 2:00 p.m. Women’s Fellowship hosted by Lenore Banka Helen Joseph. Devotions Lena Lilly. Program Factors in Colonization by Dora Bern. Thursday 3:30 p.m. Choir rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield Congregational Church
Chester L. Guinn
Akron
Lenore Banka
Helen Joseph
Lena Lilly
Dora Bern
Took Little Too Late Public Notices in City Reports
In a midwestern city on December 31 three officials filed annual reports for the recreation department, the municipal light plant, and traffic engineering. The charter required reports by December 15, but all were late, two years for one and one year for the others. Councilmen expressed irritation at the laxity, though no irregularity was evident in the departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-West
City Recreation Department
Muicipal
Traffic Engineera
Crty Council
Public notices and reports tied to public welfare urged
The piece urges public officials to improve reporting and public notice compliance, linking transparency to democratic health. It cites Census education and lifetime earnings data from 1939 to 1958, showing higher earnings with more schooling and broader gains for college graduates. It also notes Social Security changes allowing some work and benefits for those 66 and older and promotes a mail coupon to check eligibility. Earlier, it mentions coyote and fox bounty cases linked to IPS activity in Akron and bounty claims at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Census
Social Security
John R. Goldman
Sioux City
Social Security Office
Goldman
Register-Tribune
Advance Payment Details for 1962 Feed Grain Program
Farmers signing up for the 1962 feed grain program may receive up to half their estimated payments in advance. The program, run by the ASCS, runs February 5 through March 30 and diversifies cropland from corn and grain sorghum or barley to approved conserving uses. Participants receive cash advances or feed grain certificates, with county base rates varying by crop and productivity. Minimum diversion is 20 percent of the farm base, calculated from 1959-1960 acreage. Local ASCS offices can provide details. James G Palmerlee, 80, long-time barber in Oelwein, reflects on practice spanning 64 years. also noted is a visit by Theodore Roosevelt in Tampa. Dial 8611 or 926i for news items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Becker
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Becker
ASCS
Beware Quacks See a Doctor Always Be Sure
Information on medical quacks warns against self diagnosis and bogus cures. The Tuberculosis Association notes dangers and urges consulting a legitimate doctor. The Barwick Implement Co marks John Deere’s 125th anniversary, highlighting Deere’s rise from Grand Detour Illinois to a leading global farm machinery firm with US and international plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ase
Jack
Ben Jaine
Your Tuberculosis Association
Barwick Implement Co
John Deere
Verle Barwick
Black- Smith
Grand Detour
Ilinois
Barwick
Akron Cream of 1961 Financial Report from Akron Iowa
Way Back Yonder items recall a 1961 financial report for Akron Iowa with receipts and expenditures across General Government Public Safety Sanitation Municipal Enterprise and Utilities. The document notes indebtedness valuations bonds and taxes plus a December 1961 cash balance and a listing of local aquisitions and events.
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Akron
Iowa
Akron Register
Tribune
Local Notes From Reglater Tribune 1912 News Brief
Births report two daughters born west of town to Carlson and Larson families on February 5 and 6 1912. Robert Schmidt buys G Kir stein blacksmith shop as he moves to California. Obituary for Maria C Johannes Anderson aged 85, died February 2 1902 in Union County. Funeral at Union Creek Lutheran with Rev Broline. burial in churchyard. Frank Bly sells dry goods stock prior to moving to Washington. Ice harvest described as good. Reception for new Baptist pastor Rev A C Blackman and family. Frank Mills and Clara Butter wed at Elk Point February 2 1902. Six smallpox cases quarantined near Booker Bone Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bryson
Hawarden
Arnold
Lee S. Shedd
Akron
Bapiisl
Alcester
H. L. Peterson
Viola
James W. Campbell
Des Moines
Robert W
Ted Chalgren
Union County
Riverside
Big Springs Baptist Church
Church
Marshall West Barr
Greenleaf Drug Store
Nellie Bliss
Clarence Peck
Sioux City
Wm. P. DeRocher
Westfield
Ellendale Catholic Church
A.H.S
Holstein
Treton
Ponca
Nebru
Union Consolidated
Groundhog
Hishadow
Charles H. Milnes
Ft. Laramie
Wyo
O. W. Halvorsen
Maria C
Johannes) Anderson
S. D
Peter J. Johnson
L. J. Johnson
Aaron Erickson
A. G. Johnson
Union Creek Lutheran Church
Broline
Frank Bly
Washington State
A. C. Blackman
Frank Mills
Sioux Township
Clara Butter
Elk Point
Booker Bone
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Gerald F. Smith
Ater
AL Editorial
James E. Pollard
Social Security Administration
LeMars Sentinel
IPS
Floyd Lennon
Court House
Lennon
Armond Brown
Brown
Wrehouth Souet Oi, Gonetarade
Cster News
Jzeer
James
Jim) G. Palmerlee
Theodore Roosevalt
Tampa
Fla
Oelwein
Sessee
Eee
Seesenneees
Telephone, Telegraph Express Companies
C.v
Weenaers
Lewaseas
R. D. Clark
Herb Miller
Lydia Miller
Stevens
Loren Johnson
River Drive
Akron A.H
Merrill High
Hinton
Liberty
James McKvenna
R. E. Garvin
Marriet
Helen
Henry Hitzemann
Lester A
Paul Meske
Imprinity Lutheran Church
D. A. Pannkuk
Indiantown Gap
David
Philip Aalfs
Aberdeen
Milwaukee Railroad
Rosa Crossing
Estella Mildred
J. B. McKillips
Earl Owen Erwin
Robt
Lee Stuart
Eli Point
Miller
Lemmon
Kendall
Town OF
U. S. Securities
Special Sewer Fund, AB OF
First National Bank
J. Bonda
A. D. Clark Town
H. Sav
Bondy
Ser
H. Law
The
Reglater-Tribune
George Carlson
Willer Real Estate
Akron, Ia
Cain
Dowdey’s
Nature
Stanback
Gulligan's
Cosa
Pete Santema
Ireton
Electrolux
Chas
8Th
Iowa Streets
Iowa Public Service Company
E. M. Raun
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